As Peridot made her way through beach city to get to the crash site, she decided to take notice of her surroundings. After quickly taking note of the scenery of the simple small human town, Peridot had to admit that even with all the debris and the town dwelling in comparison to any gem home world resort, she found the atmosphere strangely calming. So calming in fact that unknowingly to her She had actually started to slow her pace, most likely to enjoy the calming sound of the ocean's waves hitting the shores not that far away.
"Hmm, a shame that we'll have to reactivate the "kindergarten". Peridot thought to herself as she walked along the board walk in the direction of the temple. "From what the records say this planet is very unique when it came to the diversity of its geography, seems like a huge waste to put a "kindergarten" on this planet, but it's what the diamonds want" thought Peridot as she continued to walk.
Finally after a good fifty minutes of walking through beach city Peridot finally arrived at a large hill which held a lighthouse at the top, although to Peridot it just looked like a large tower. After seeing the lighthouse at the top Peridot remembered when she first landed on earth she noticed on top of the "crystal gem's" temple she could see the very same tower on top.
"Hmm, it seems that the ship crashed right on top of those traitors's base. Peridot thought, taking a moment to savor the fact that the traitors somehow crashed into their own temple. "Good." Was all that Peridot uttered as she started to make her way around the hill to the piles of scrap that was once her ship, relishing in the fact that poetic justice had been served. Even though Peridot knows that she needs all the resources she can get, she wouldn't have minded if the "crystal gems's" temple had been completely destroyed when her ship had crashed. But as Peridot was just about to make her way around the hill to the crystal gems's old relic of temple she stopped as she could hear some humans talking just around the corner. What made stop was that fact that she had heard one of these voices before.
"We were about to go chill in the parking lot and freak out some voice." Said one of the humans
"You should come with." Said another voice, this one sounding more female in tone.
"Oh, but I- I don't have anything against squares, I like all basic shapes." Said another voice, this one belonging to a certain Steven universe. The same Steven universe that helped the crystal gems escape, took over Peridot's ship and crashed it on earth causing her to be stuck with no way off.
"No...no no no, impossible!" Peridot thought to herself as her body tensed up and her heart started to beat at an alarming rate. "The crash should have killed it or at the very least render it's body useless." She told herself as she inched her way closer and closer to get a good look at the conversation without being seen herself. As she peeked over the side of the hill Peridot was shocked to see Steven Universe, the odd apparent half gem that some how had the powers of the legendary warrior Rose quarts, but also three other humans. "Wait if that Steven survived the crash then the crystal gems could have very well also survived." Peridot thought to herself as simultaneously peek her head back behind the hill to again rethink her plan. "Ok, Peridot if you're going to work around this you'll have to wait till it gets darker, y-yes of course, these traitors will probably be counting their blessings and will most likely be resting, giving me time to scavenge any parts I need." She explained to herself. As Peridot was about to finish rethinking her plan she could also hear the conversation between Steven and the three humans finishing as well.
"Aww." Exclaimed the female voice.
"Bummer." Said another deeper voice.
"Well, we'll see you later then." The final voice said. Not knowing what direction the humans where walking Peridot jolted up and hid in a small hole on the side of the hill. Being at tight in closed space there was just enough room for peridot to get in and out. Needless to say it was not at all comfortable, but if the humans where to see her then they'd probably alert the crystal gems and that would most likely be a death sentence for her.
"Grr, I hope those humans pass by quickly, I can barely fit in here and I don't need to be hiding so close to the enemy's base." Peridot told herself, hoping to see the humans walk right by her, unknowingly to Peridot if she had just waited and watched for just a few seconds more she would have saw that the three humans had decided to walk away in the other direction making her little "duck and cover" action completely pointless. "Oh for diamond's sake, I hope I won't have to hide here long." Peridot told herself, not willing to risk getting caught even if that meant staying in that cramped hole, siting still, for several hours, alone. "...I feel as if...it's safe to go out now." Peridot said, tired and annoyed that she had to stay in the hole for so long that the sun went down and the moon was shining in the sky.
"Well at least I can scavenge the parts I need without any problems." Peridot said out loud while dusting herself off. "Now let's see...what we...have to...work...with." Peridot said as she walked around the hill only to see that the crystal gems had completely cleared out the beach of any debris of her ship, only leaving tiny fragments of green in the sand. "You...I...but...I-I just..." Was all Peridot could muster up to say before falling to her knees in utter defeat. "It's its not fair..." Peridot mutter under neath her breath wanting nothing more then to just lay there and cry until everything was ok. But for Peridot she was better then that, she wouldn't be where she was today if she broke down and cried whenever it got hard back on the home world. "No, I'm not being Beaton that easily you crystal traitors." Peridot said quietly while picking herself off the ground. "If you think this will stop me, you clogs are dead wrong." Peridot said very quietly but moving her body as if she were yelling finis at the crystal gems's temple, most likely an act of sudden self confidence mixed with rational thinking, knowing that if she really had yelled out her little speech, it would have gotten her killed. Realizing that she was still in the wide open, right next to the crystal gems's temple, Peridot after recollecting her composure had began to walk back in the direction of the city and began to review her plan step by step, again.
"Alright, let's rethink this again, the "crystal gems" were not affected at all by the crash like I originally thought they were." Peridot internally told herself while walking away from the temple. "And they seem to have been cleaning up all the debris of my ship, most likely to see what makes it tick." Peridot added. "Now even though they are gems cleaning up all the wreckage of a ship that big would still take them more then a few days or so." Which means there still should be pieces of the ship scattered around this small earth town, I did see a few good chunks of it while that human escorted me here." Peridot continued to think, the thought of the humans apparent kindness still itching at the back of Peridot's mind, making her think just, "why?". Nevertheless Peridot concluded that if she were ever going to get the parts she needed she would have to scavenge them, and scavenge them that night, other wise the crystal gems will probably take anything she could find useful and that would leave her stuck on earth, perhaps forever or until they find her and "finish" her off.
After walking back to the base of the hill Peridot's train of thought was cut off by the feeling that someone or something was watching her. After slowly turning her head, out of fear that she had been found by the crystal gems, Peridot was a little relieved, yet still a little paranoid after seeing nothing was behind her. "Hmm, I should really hurry up and scavenge those parts I need quickly if I want to get off this planet." Peridot quietly thought to herself. But as Peridot turned her head back forward, she was shocked to see standing in front of her a large pink beast resembling a lion just sitting there and staring at her. Peridot, already on edge, was shocked to see the large pink beast who just suddenly appeared out of no where and she stumbled back and fell on the ground out of fear. The pink beast however seemed unfazed by Peridot's actions and simply just sat there, staring at Peridot as if it was observing her.
"Aw... Sh-shu, shu, go away you uh...pink, beast thing." Peridot said, unsure on the name of the earth creature that sat in front of her, unmoving. "Go...shu...get out of here." Peridot said to the large pink beast while moving her floating fingers in a brushing motion, like someone would when their trying to get a disobedient pet off a piece of furniture. The large pink lion however just sat there, staring at Peridot emotionlessly, only occasionally blinking every now and then. After a minute or two of just sitting, Peridot grew impatient and decided to just get up from the ground and just walk around the pink beast. "For diamond's sake, if you wont get out of my way I'll simply just move around you." Peridot said, no longer feeling as the pink beast would cause her any kind of harm.
However, as soon as Peridot was about to pass by the beast, the lion made a low but menacing growl, causing Peridot to immediately tense up and stop right then and there. Scared, Peridot tried to slowly walk away backwards from the menacing beast but found that every step she took back from the lion, it took a step forward towards her. "Uh...c-calm down, no need to get upset." Peridot nervously told the lion, scared that the animal would suddenly attack her. As the lion slowly kept approaching Peridot, every hair-raising step it took it did so with the same unnerving blank stair it had before, which caused Peridot to feel on edge. After a few tense minutes of being forcibly backed up, Peridot's confusion and fear on what the lion was going to do was resolved when the lion stopped and began to open its mouth. Peridot, being almost completely terrified, closed her eyes and tensed up her body, in preparation for an attack she was completely certain would kill her. An attack which never came.
Instead of the sounds of a ferocious beast tearing her to shreds, Peridot heard the noise of the creature in front of her yawning, the same way a dog would when tired. After opening her eyes to see the lion again just staring at her Peridot felt a small amount of relief brush over her. However that little bit of relief was quickly destroyed when the lion suddenly roared a mighty roar at Peridot. However as the lion roared it shot out an array of light, phasing right through Peridot and stopping only a few inches behind her and making what looked like a portal. Peridot more confused then afraid at this point, wondered just how in the world did a creature of earth of all places, use what looked like gem magic. Then as she considered all the possible reasons on why it would the realization hit her. The realization that this earth creature must have been connected with the crystal gems and that it must have been opening a portal right to them.
"Oh No!" Peridot shrieked as she tried to get away from the area. But before Peridot could escape the lion had used his head, literally. By just giving her a slight nudging her he had given Peridot the little push she needed to fall threw the portal. After grunting from falling flat on her face Peridot quickly jolted up and took notice of her surroundings, her fear of being teleported right in the hands of the crystal gems being replace with the relief of knowing the fact that she was only at the top of the hill, right next to the light house. "Wait, why would that creature send me here?" Peridot questioned, confused on why it sent just a few yards away. "It's obviously working with the crystal gems so why didn't it just send me to them?" She asked herself as she looked back at the pink beast that was still sitting at the bottom of the hill.
"Maybe I can sneak by that thing and get back to collecting the parts I need." Peridot thought to herself. But as Peridot was thinking of a way to out smart the beast and get away, as if it could read her mind, the pink lion started to make his way toward Peridot, faster and faster it made the distance between them shorter and shorter. Taking notice of this Peridot frantically looked around for a place to hide, noticing that the lighthouse behind her had a door Peridot thought that her best chance of getting away from the beast would be to hide in there. Quickly she opened the door and bolted into the building then locked the door behind her. After waiting for the pink lion to come bursting through the door, Peridot felt a huge amount of relief when nothing seemed to happen. "All right, that thing is most likely just waiting outside for me, there must be another way out of here." Peridot thought to herself while taking a look around the small shack like building she found herself in. After seeing a flight of stairs and noticing no other doors, Peridot decided that her best shot was to see what she could find to help her at the top of those stair.
As She slowly ascended the stair case, Peridot felt a feeling of uncertainty when she started to hear noises at the top of the stairs. "What could possibly be hiding in here?" Peridot thought to herself. As she finally reached the top of the stairs, she took notice of the large room around her. Posters, notes, and equations scattered all around the walls and chalk boards. "Gosh, these humans are so disorganized." Peridot scuffed to herself as she walked by one of the boards. "Maybe if they started to... Wait what is this." Peridot said, taking notice of the content of one of the boards in particular. "Polymorphic sentient rocks", "Hollow out the earth", "They'll take any form", were some of the things written on the board that caused Peridot to take notice. The one that stood out the most to her though was the one title "the great diamond authority". "Diamond authority, who ever made this must know what's going on on the home world and it's connection with earth." Peridot told herself, thinking on what this meant for her and her mission."Hmmm, maybe I can use this to my advantage." Peridot told herself. "Maybe if I find who ever made this I could use them to, GAH" was all Peridot could say before she felt something struck her on the back of the head causing her to feel disoriented and fall to the ground.
"So you finally decided to show yourself." Said a voice Peridot had never heard before. "You think you can come to my planet and take it over so easily, well think again!" The voice said Before Peridot fell into a state of complete unconsciousness.